This volume contains the proceedings of EOS/SPIE Remote Sensing Symposium which was held September 21, 1998 in Barcelona, Spain. Topics of discussion include the following: geometric and radiometric calibration; classification and target detection; filtering, segmentation, and edge detection; and texture analysis to improve discrimination of forest canopies.

The author's introduction to remote sensing provides coverage of the subject irrespective of disciplines of study or the academic department in which remote sensing is taught. All the ''classical'' elements of aerial photographic interpretation and photogrammetry are described, but equal emphasis is placed on non-photographic sensing systems and the analysis of data from these systems using digital image processing procedures. This text includes coverage of image restoration, enhancement, classification, and data merging, and new sensor systems such as the Large Format Camera, solid-state linear arrays, the Shuttle Imaging radar systems, the Landsat Thematic Mapper, the SPOT satellite system, and themore » NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. Also covers imaging spectrometry and lidar systems. It contains extensive illustrations.« less

This book contains papers arranged into six sessions. The session titles are: Image compression; Instrumentation; Theoretical concepts; Algorithms; Registration and modeling; and Restoration and enhancement.